"There have been numerous self-immolations by Buddhist monks and nuns in Vietnam since 1975, protesting religious repression. They've been almost all unreported and all but ignored. (Wonder why?!) I went to a very knowledgeable old-Vietnam hand (a once famous journalist, dating back to the '50's in Vietnam) and a former SVN official and scholar, to count and document them. In close to a year of work, they've only been able to account for about half, with even one-liners. I think the number stands at somewhere like dozens."